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<attn>ENGLAND'S HISTORY TIME LINE</attn>

<article>
<timeline type=line>
<start><date>700 BC</date></start>
<end><date>1980</date></end>
<timebar fid="scale001">

<range>
<from>700 BC</from><to>601 BC</to>
<slider>Celtic Tribes</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>600 BC</from><to>501 BC</to>
<slider>Celtic Tribes</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>500 BC</from><to>401 BC</to>
<slider>Celtic Tribes</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>400 BC</from><to>301 BC</to>
<slider>Celtic Tribes</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>300 BC</from><to>201 BC</to>
<slider>Celtic Tribes</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>200 BC</from><to>101 BC</to>
<slider>Celtic Tribes</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>100 BC</from><to>1 BC</to>
<slider>Celtic Tribes</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1</from><to>100 </to>
<slider>Celtic Tribes</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>101</from><to>200 </to>
<slider>Roman Province</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>201</from><to>300</to>
<slider>Roman Province</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>301</from><to>400</to>
<slider>Roman Province</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>401</from><to>500</to>
<slider>Anglo Saxon Kingdoms</slider>
</range>
<range><from>501</from><to>600</to>
<slider>Anglo Saxon Kingdoms</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>601</from><to>700</to>
<slider>Anglo Saxon Kingdoms</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>701</from><to>800</to>
<slider>Anglo Saxon Kingdoms</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>801</from><to>900</to>
<slider>Anglo Saxon Kingdoms</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>901</from><to>1000</to>
<slider>Anglo Saxon Kingdoms</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1001</from><to>1100</to>
<slider>Anglo Saxon Kingdoms</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1101</from><to>1200</to>
<slider>Middle Ages</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1201</from><to>1300</to>
<slider>Middle Ages</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1301</from><to>1400</to>
<slider>Middle Ages</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1401</from><to>1500</to>
<slider>Middle Ages</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1501</from><to>1600</to>
<slider>Tudors</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1601</from><to>1700</to>
<slider>Stuarts</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1701</from><to>1800</to>
<slider>Georgians</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1801</from><to>1900</to>
<slider>Victorians</slider>
</range>
<range>
<from>1901</from><to>2000</to>
<slider>20th Century</slider>
</range>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>700 BC</from><to>601 BC</to></time>
<p>Celtic invaders using iron weapons conquer prehistoric peoples</p>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>600 BC</from><to>501 BC</to></time>
<p>Hillforts built</p>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>500 BC</from><to>101 BC</to></time>
<p>Extensive trade develops between Britain and the continent of Europe</p>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>400 BC</from><to>201 BC</to></time>
<p>New farmlands cleared and cultivated</p>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>100 BC</from><to>1 BC</to></time>
<p>Belgae settle in southern Britain</p>
</event>
<specific>
<date>55 BC</date>
<p>Julius Caesar invades 55 BC</p>
</specific>

<specific>
<date>43</date>
<p>Emperor Claudius conquers AD 43</p>
</specific>
<specific>
<date>122</date>
<p>Hadrian's Wall built 122</p>
</specific>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>201 </from><to>300</to></time>
<p>Villas built all over southern Britain</p>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>401 </from><to>500</to></time>
<p>Anglo Saxons raid and settle</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>401 </from><to>500</to></time>
<p>Celts retreat to Wales and Cornwall</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>401 </from><to>500</to></time>
<p>Dark Ages</p>
</event>
</article>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>501</from><to>600</to></time>
<p>Christian missionaries from Ireland and Rome</p>
</event>

<event>
<specific>
<date>664</date>
<p>English Church accepts authority of Rome at Synod of Whitby</p>
</specific>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>701</from><to>800</to></time>
<p>King Offa of Mercia builds dyke</p>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<date>793</date>
<p>First Viking invaders</p>
</specific>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>801</from><to>900</to></time>
<p>Danish army invades eastern England, defeated in Wessex</p>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<date>878</date>
<p>Alfred defeats Danes</p>
</specific>
</event>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>901</from><to>1000</to></time>
<p>Athelstan King of all England</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>901</from><to>1000</to></time>
<p>Danes attack again and settle in the east and north</p>
</event>

<event>
<specific>
<date>1014</date>
<p>Cnut, a Dane, declared King of England</p>
</specific>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<date>1066</date>
<p>Norman conquest</p>
</specific>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1066</from><to>1100</to></time>
<p>Norman Kings</p>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1101</from><to>1154</to></time>
<p>Norman Kings</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1101</from><to>1200</to></time>
<p>Norman castles, cathedrals and churches built</p>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1201</from><to>1300</to></time>
<p>Gothic churches and cathedrals</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1201</from><to>1300</to></time>
<p>Early parliaments</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1201</from><to>1300</to></time>
<p>Wales conquered</p>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<date>1215</date>
<p>Magna Carta</p>
</specific>
</event>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1301</from><to>1400</to></time>
<p>Hundred Years War with France</p>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<from>1347</from><to>1351</to>
<p>Black Death</p>
</specific>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<date>1381</date>
<p>Peasants' Revolt</p>
</specific>
</event>


<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1401</from><to>1500</to></time>
<p>Hundred Years War with France</p>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<from>1455</from><to>1485</to>
<p>Wars of the Roses</p>
</specific>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1501</from><to>1600</to></time>
<p>Reformation</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1501</from><to>1600</to></time>
<p>Printed books available</p>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<date>1588</date>
<p>Spanish Armada</p>
</specific>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1601</from><to>1700</to></time>
<p>Ireland conquered, Protestants settle Ulster</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1601 </from><to>1700</to></time>
<p>Colonists in America and the Caribbean</p>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<from>1642</from><to>1649</to>
<p>Civil War</p>
</specific>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<date>1649</date>
<p>Charles I beheaded</p>
</specific>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1701</from><to>1800</to></time>
<p>Colonies grow overseas</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1701</from><to>1800</to></time>
<p>Industrial Revolution</p>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<date>1707</date>
<p>Act of Union with Scotland</p>
</specific>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<date>1783</date>
<p>Thirteen American colonies become USA</p>
</specific>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1801</from><to>1900</to></time>
<p>Railways built</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1801</from><to>1900</to></time>
<p>British empire grows, Emigration to empire and USA</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1801</from><to>1900</to></time>
<p>Population growth</p>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<date>1851</date>
<p>Great Exhibition</p>
</specific>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<from>1854</from><to>1856</to>
<p>Crimean War</p>
</specific>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<from>1899</from><to>1902</to>
<p>Boer War</p>
</specific>
</event>

<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1901</from><to>2000</to></time>
<p>Growth of cities</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1901</from><to>2000</to></time>
<p>Empire becomes Commonwealth, United Kingdom joins the European Union</p>
</event>
<event>
<vague></vague>
<time><from>1901</from><to>2000</to></time>
<p>Communications revolution</p>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<from>1901</from><to>1910</to>
<p>Edwardian era</p>
</specific>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<from>1914</from><to>1918</to>
<p>World War I</p>
</specific>
</event>
<event>
<specific>
<from>1939</from><to>1945</to>
<p>World War II</p>
</specific>
</event>
</article>